In Popular Culture
In 2009, Marathi film Harishchandrachi Factory, depicting the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke in making Raja Harishchandra in 1913, thought to be India's first feature film, directed by theater-veteran Paresh Mokashi was selected as India's official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Whereas fact is quite different, the first Indian movie released in India was Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, on 18 May 1912 at 'Coronation Cinematograph', Mumbai - one year before Phalke's movie.
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